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all of these industries used water from this system. and it served as a prototype for many american cities, including pittsburgh and new york. man: new york city went to philadelphia and said, "you know, we're thinking of developing a hudson river water supply -- what do you suggest we do?" and they said, "we've had "a lot of problems on the schuylkill. "don't go to the hudson river. go to the upland and work by gravity." and that's what new york city did. they first went to the hudson highlands, but 150 years later, it went to the delaware highlands. and really diverted the water that normally went to philadelphia to new york city. i don't think they anticipated that. narrator: the majority of new york city's drinking water comes from watersheds in upstate new york. a watershed is the area of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water. mountains act as a funnel to feed rivers and lakes. and in this case, reservoirs. in the new york city system, water is collected and stored in 19 reservoirs, which can
all of these industries used water from this system. and it served as a prototype for many american cities, including pittsburgh and new york. man: new york city went to philadelphia and said, "you know, we're thinking of developing a hudson river water supply -- what do you suggest we do?" and they said, "we've had "a lot of problems on the schuylkill. "don't go to the hudson river. go to the upland and work by gravity." and that's what new york city did. they...
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. >> you go to any fair, they use wands. anybody trying to come in, they use the wands. if you have a gun you're not getting on the fairgrounds. >> reporter: a day after, we talked to a mother and son who were trampled during the shooting. >> reporter: during the shooting rampage,tyree was hit by a bullet. his mother says she is very grateful he was not hurt worse. she says they were having fun at the fair when she saw trouble. >> we were going on the last ride and i saw an altercation at which point i knew that it was probably going to escalate. and so we started to walk away. and that's when i felt something and then my son said he was bleeding so we were running -- by then we were running because gunshots had been fired. and we just kept running until we found some help and hid understood beneath machinery and things like that just to get out of the way. >> reporter: robin peterson says the scene was chaos as fairgoers ran for cover. >> it was crazy. people were running, jumping over barb wire fences, just getting underne
. >> you go to any fair, they use wands. anybody trying to come in, they use the wands. if you have a gun you're not getting on the fairgrounds. >> reporter: a day after, we talked to a mother and son who were trampled during the shooting. >> reporter: during the shooting rampage,tyree was hit by a bullet. his mother says she is very grateful he was not hurt worse. she says they were having fun at the fair when she saw trouble. >> we were going on the last ride and i saw...
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instead, they use citibank mobile check deposit. it's easy. they just snap a pic... ♪ hit send... and their checks are deposited right to their account. well almost all of their checks. stand back. seriously? [ male announcer ] citibank mobile check deposit. easier banking. every step of the way. the global ready one ? yeah, but you won't need... ♪ hajimemashite. hajimemashite. hajimemashite. you guys like football ? thank you so much. i'm stoked. you stoked ? totally. ... and he says, "under the mattress." souse le matelas. ( laughter ) why's the new guy sending me emails from paris ? paris, france ? verizon's 4g lte devices are global-ready. plus, global data for just $25. only from verizon. . >>> welcome back, it is july 9th, i am dave clark. >> and thank you for joining us, steve if we want to head to the beach today? >> well, it can be very, very hot, it could be as much as 40 degrees between temperatures, 50s, 60s and 70s to a few low 80s and we have some fog. here is sal. >>> in front of the oakland coliseum, no major problems and also the morning commute looks good on 80
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joining us is christine dunn with caltrain. thanks for waking up so early with us on this monday morning. >> good morning, marla. we're happy to be here. >> let's talk about it's a real time arrival and departure system. what does that mean? >> for the very first time riders are going to get real time information. we have a gps tracking system on our locomotives, we have sensors in the tracks and it's going to give information where their train is in real time. >> if they are, if the train is running behind they will get that alert. how much time will they be given? >> the times are going to be an hour before the train arrives at the station so you're going to be able to sign up for alerts you can get on your cell phone. you can check our website or it will be on the digital message sign in the station. >> a number of ways you can find out when your train is arriving. i understand that this has been a big request from passengers. >> that's right. it's something our riders have been asking for for a long time. we're pleased to b
joining us is christine dunn with caltrain. thanks for waking up so early with us on this monday morning. >> good morning, marla. we're happy to be here. >> let's talk about it's a real time arrival and departure system. what does that mean? >> for the very first time riders are going to get real time information. we have a gps tracking system on our locomotives, we have sensors in the tracks and it's going to give information where their train is in real time. >> if...
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uses the internet a lot. come monday, some of us may have trouble logging on. for six months the fbi has been protecting computers infected with malicious software that changes the way your computer searches. the computers were hijacked by criminals. infected computers direct users to sites they aren't looking for. the fbi says scammers made tons of money on ads they posted on those sites. >> absolutely brilliant what these guys were doing. they had found a way to tap into one of the most lucrative sources of money on the internet, and that's online advertising. >> the fbi is turning the protects off. if your computer has the malware, you won't be able to get online. teresa hopes she's in the clear. she recently installed spyware. >> just recently, but i kind of realized it. gets most viruses but that doesn't mean there aren't a few. >> reporter: to make sure, go to dcwg.org for a checkup. max cantor says he ran the test. >> i knew it was acting funny. but it didn't seem like this was the problem with it. wen
uses the internet a lot. come monday, some of us may have trouble logging on. for six months the fbi has been protecting computers infected with malicious software that changes the way your computer searches. the computers were hijacked by criminals. infected computers direct users to sites they aren't looking for. the fbi says scammers made tons of money on ads they posted on those sites. >> absolutely brilliant what these guys were doing. they had found a way to tap into one of the most...
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they say the area should be used he is a an urban farm. uc berkley plans on planting it as part of their land. they face their next test last week. we have only seen the private funding from the regional transportation commission. a committee will meet on wednesday to discuss three options and its recommendations will then go to the full commission. >>> time now 6:05, let's get you out the door. sal, everybody behaving out there? >> yes they are, pam, you might see this. >> okay i will look for it. >> by the way pam and steve are on twitter, so we communicate like this. i have a feeling this is how they are working but you can see 0 westbound, no -- 80 westbound no major problems but it is getting more crowded. you can tell it is more of a crowd here and 6:15 is when they turn the metering lights on so we will be watching. as we said, i am looking at the area and it is already out and on the right hand shoulder. if you move out to the peninsular, highway 101, there is a little bit of tick tock and for driving purposes done use your high be
they say the area should be used he is a an urban farm. uc berkley plans on planting it as part of their land. they face their next test last week. we have only seen the private funding from the regional transportation commission. a committee will meet on wednesday to discuss three options and its recommendations will then go to the full commission. >>> time now 6:05, let's get you out the door. sal, everybody behaving out there? >> yes they are, pam, you might see this. >>...
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you may need to use your went to wipers' here or there. the good news is we have fog and cloud coverage that will burn off into the afternoon. our future for cachepots by about 12:00 p.m. the heart of the busiest in the succeeding to '70s inland and potentially squeezing out some 80's for the foremast in the area. checkout 3:00 p.m. we start to see a surge of read on the screen that indicates where we could see some nineties. speaking of '90s, it looked like to with the 92 degrees on tap for fairfield, antioch and 90 for those in the livermore valley. those are the extreme high temperatures and looks like to keep it in the '80s for concord in pleasanton. believe it or not we will see the sunshine along the coastline in downtown san francisco has an afternoon high of 67 degrees. 62 for those in daly city. if you are going to the beach later on this afternoon to potentially have a day off, it looks like santa cruz is in the low '70s, we have '60s on tap for those headed to moderate. has he taken a look at the other conditions around the bay
you may need to use your went to wipers' here or there. the good news is we have fog and cloud coverage that will burn off into the afternoon. our future for cachepots by about 12:00 p.m. the heart of the busiest in the succeeding to '70s inland and potentially squeezing out some 80's for the foremast in the area. checkout 3:00 p.m. we start to see a surge of read on the screen that indicates where we could see some nineties. speaking of '90s, it looked like to with the 92 degrees on tap for...
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john course i'm used $1 billion in funds to rehire teachers that he was supposed to use over a few years. i was left with a billion dollar hole afterwards. the fact is that unless we reduce federalized the states, you continue to give us this money. we hire people for a finite time and the localities are on the hook. where is that money coming from that i have the highest property taxes in america to begin with. where is this money going to come from? i do not see it. we did it without any layoffs. we did it through attrition. while there are some way off at the local level, i do not think that is a bad thing. i have more government employees per square mile than any state in america. did not send me any more money to hire public employees. i do not need any more. they are expensive and difficult to manage. the idea that we continue to have to deal with some of these issues i think if they want to spend money to create jobs, it then spend money on infrastructure. we will build private sector jobs. do not spend money on sending me money to hire more public employees. do something that wil
john course i'm used $1 billion in funds to rehire teachers that he was supposed to use over a few years. i was left with a billion dollar hole afterwards. the fact is that unless we reduce federalized the states, you continue to give us this money. we hire people for a finite time and the localities are on the hook. where is that money coming from that i have the highest property taxes in america to begin with. where is this money going to come from? i do not see it. we did it without any...
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it really hits all of us. we can look at other organizations who help people dealing with other life struggles. for instance, weight watchers, which has tremendously benefitted by life. should we go after weight watchers and tell them don't say there's anything beyond obesity for people struggling with obesity and want an alternative. >> does that still hold up in your view? >> for me, i think those things do hold up. i have benefitted from weight watchers and other types of programs that have helped me in other areas of struggle in my area. i'm not telling someone that is happily gay identified or gay or lesbian that they should choose the life that i live or that god will love them more or less depending on the decision they make. for me and for people of faith who want to choose to live through the filter of their faith and a strong biblical sexual ethic in that regard, that they have that right to do that and so when it comes to issues like therapy. i wouldn't say i was defending it a year ago. it is a ver
it really hits all of us. we can look at other organizations who help people dealing with other life struggles. for instance, weight watchers, which has tremendously benefitted by life. should we go after weight watchers and tell them don't say there's anything beyond obesity for people struggling with obesity and want an alternative. >> does that still hold up in your view? >> for me, i think those things do hold up. i have benefitted from weight watchers and other types of...
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] that's why i use new tampax radiant. it helps keep my period invisible, combining tampax's best-ever leak protection with a revolutionary resealable wrapper so all they'll see is me. [ ping! ] ♪ hi. totally new, awesomely-invisible tampax radiant. check out the whole radiant collection. >>mark: and new poll is come out that 47-4512 says the of states. here's a look at the president joe race. >>darya: the costa adding up. this is the worst they had and as the entire state history irian the biggest one was in colorado springs. it destroyed so many acres. they estimate the damage at $110 million in that does not count economic impact. which is a fact of restaurants and shops and all the tourist destinations that are in colorado springs, colorado. they have lost a lot of money and more forced to close it scorched 18,000 a.. >>mark: their course found in the creek and eastern shores after the other bodies were found in the creek in their last seen in the church parking lot and saturday afternoon him they believed that the b
] that's why i use new tampax radiant. it helps keep my period invisible, combining tampax's best-ever leak protection with a revolutionary resealable wrapper so all they'll see is me. [ ping! ] ♪ hi. totally new, awesomely-invisible tampax radiant. check out the whole radiant collection. >>mark: and new poll is come out that 47-4512 says the of states. here's a look at the president joe race. >>darya: the costa adding up. this is the worst they had and as the entire state history...
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holly morris joins us from arlington. >> reporter: good morning. they call it renewal and remembrance. it's the 16th year that planet has done this. many of the professionals that come out that donate of their time bring their children. they make this an opportunity for them to give back as well. roger phelps is on the boards of planet. he is also a u.s. navy veteran. thank you for your service. >> thank you. >> thank you for what is going on here. i know each day it's important to you to be a part of the kid element of this day. talk to me about that. >> it's so important that our children learn what it means to serve. there is all kinds of different service. military service but what this represents today is a different kind of service. this is the service that their parents did with the landscape industry, installing plants, creating the types of environments that give back to the planet but to the psychology of the people that come here and how important the beautiful bed is to somebody who is visiting one of the people inturd here. >> the kids
holly morris joins us from arlington. >> reporter: good morning. they call it renewal and remembrance. it's the 16th year that planet has done this. many of the professionals that come out that donate of their time bring their children. they make this an opportunity for them to give back as well. roger phelps is on the boards of planet. he is also a u.s. navy veteran. thank you for your service. >> thank you. >> thank you for what is going on here. i know each day it's...
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every one of us. we'd be friends on and off screen. >> the most memorable thing, and this fits in where what you were saying, eric, when eric was choking on a shrimp. this happened over across the street. not on camera. and we're a family. it's like a bunch of people who know each other, can't stand each other at times. love each other at times. >> brian: i'm going to be working five days a week. >> that freaks me out. >> boling saved my life twice. july 4th special, i choked on chicken wings. kimberly cheated on the chicken wing. >> i did not. >> yes, she did. >> gretchen: so we know that according to bob, kimberly is the cheater. but what other secrets are happening amongst this group? we're going to find out when we come back. they're going to answer. hemmer, why aren't you down here on the couch? >> congratulations, all the success. job well done. >> thank you, bill. >> brian: are you going to have them on your show? >> probably not. [ laughter ] >> how many cable shows have been started over time
every one of us. we'd be friends on and off screen. >> the most memorable thing, and this fits in where what you were saying, eric, when eric was choking on a shrimp. this happened over across the street. not on camera. and we're a family. it's like a bunch of people who know each other, can't stand each other at times. love each other at times. >> brian: i'm going to be working five days a week. >> that freaks me out. >> boling saved my life twice. july 4th special, i...
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give us some more fog. with you that system out there it says i'm going away. still far away from the dome, the high pressure controlling the east and the midwest. it's heading back towards california now. what it will do. it won't give us an offshore breeze and inland temperatures will go from the 80s to near 100. there's a pretty good west wind. also a decent fog bank. it will be sunny h 60s, 70s for others. 90s, well, well, inland. but 60s closer to the hospital. i mean, any of your car thermometers if you are traveling from west to east or east to west, you will see things inland and by the coast as well. it also looks like a cooldown for the weekend. >>> thank you. several fire have started. two of them have now merged together into what's being called the sites reporter. brian hickey is live near maxwell to explain what firefighters have to deal with today. >> reporter: good morning. the big concern is this weather with this heat trend coming into the take a look at this -- coming into the area. take
give us some more fog. with you that system out there it says i'm going away. still far away from the dome, the high pressure controlling the east and the midwest. it's heading back towards california now. what it will do. it won't give us an offshore breeze and inland temperatures will go from the 80s to near 100. there's a pretty good west wind. also a decent fog bank. it will be sunny h 60s, 70s for others. 90s, well, well, inland. but 60s closer to the hospital. i mean, any of your car...
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max page will tell us as he joins us live in our studio this morning. and it's also a big morning around here as we get set to welcome savannah guthrie to her new role as co-anchor. that's when we get started on a monday morning here on "today." >> all right. thank you very much. well, london games around the corner, pretty exciting. we're what, a couple of weeks away. if you like what you see during the london games you can decide this, check out the city. you might want to get there soon. >> travel experts say that october may be a pretty good month to go because traditionally there is a travel lull in the city that hosts the olympic games in the weeks following the games. a great time to snag bargains sow might want to check it out. >> let's check out the forecast for today. hope you like the heat this week. turning it up. >> finally turning it up. all of that sweltering heat we're reporting for the east coast, it's our turn and it's going to come in quickly. make sure you are ready for that. taking a live look at san francisco, promising shot here o
max page will tell us as he joins us live in our studio this morning. and it's also a big morning around here as we get set to welcome savannah guthrie to her new role as co-anchor. that's when we get started on a monday morning here on "today." >> all right. thank you very much. well, london games around the corner, pretty exciting. we're what, a couple of weeks away. if you like what you see during the london games you can decide this, check out the city. you might want to get...
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it used to be that everyone started kindergarten at age five. today, nearly a quarter of some kindergarten classrooms are populated by six-year-olds. kindergarten red-shirting has more than tripled since the 1970s. boys are twice as likely to be held back as girls, whites more than minorities, and rich more than poor. >> so how was your day? >> safer: holly korbey had never heard of red-shirting when she and her family moved to dallas. she assumed her son holden would start kindergarten shortly after he turned five in august of 2008, but she was shocked when her son's pre-school teacher urged her to hold him back. >> holly korbey: and i said, "what? why?" and i said, "he's... he reads. he's fully reading. he has no behavioral issues." and she said, "well, he's the very youngest, and here, all the youngest boys are... are held back." >> safer: and then, there were the other parents. >> holly korbey: they started asking me, "are you going to... what are you going to do with holden next year?" and i said, "well, i think we're going to send him to k
it used to be that everyone started kindergarten at age five. today, nearly a quarter of some kindergarten classrooms are populated by six-year-olds. kindergarten red-shirting has more than tripled since the 1970s. boys are twice as likely to be held back as girls, whites more than minorities, and rich more than poor. >> so how was your day? >> safer: holly korbey had never heard of red-shirting when she and her family moved to dallas. she assumed her son holden would start...
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joining us live on the phone, thank you for being with us. we remember so well in 2000, tim russert said it was florida. we know what happened in that 2000 election. could we see a repeat in terms of the importance and the closeness of the race in your state, four months out before the election? >> the election in florida will be closed. this one is looking very close. the most recent polls are showing obama ahead at less than the margin of error. the most recent one shows him with a lead of less than one point. others show him with a two or three point lead. host: marco rubio continues his book tour. there were early reports that he was not being vetted by the romney team. romney was trying to correct that. how serious do you think he is? guest: that is a pretty speculative question. it would surprise me if he is not being looked at. that particular story you referred to is anonymous. it surprised me a lot. there are reasons why marco rubio would not be the best running mate. one is his level of experience. the other is a significant amount
joining us live on the phone, thank you for being with us. we remember so well in 2000, tim russert said it was florida. we know what happened in that 2000 election. could we see a repeat in terms of the importance and the closeness of the race in your state, four months out before the election? >> the election in florida will be closed. this one is looking very close. the most recent polls are showing obama ahead at less than the margin of error. the most recent one shows him with a lead...
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we have to look at the options available to us. rafif jouejati what about what is happening right now? meetingut kofi annan with al-assad today? >> kofi annan by his own emission has tendered a failed peace plan and apparently he has reached some agreement with bashar al-assad on a political solution, but they have not communicated what that is. what i do know is there is a lot of talk of a peaceful transition and there is some talk about power-sharing. i can tell you the power sharing scenario is most likely totally unacceptable to the syrian street. any sort of dialogue with the regime is tantamount to negotiating with once executioner. i believe that is entirely unacceptable. >> what have you heard about the latest news of security forces shelling parts including damascus, reports of more than 100 people killed, mainly civilians? >> yes, this happens every day. this is part of what we wake up to, go to sleep with. the daily killings are routine for the al-assad regime. you name a city, it is either been shelved or the people who
we have to look at the options available to us. rafif jouejati what about what is happening right now? meetingut kofi annan with al-assad today? >> kofi annan by his own emission has tendered a failed peace plan and apparently he has reached some agreement with bashar al-assad on a political solution, but they have not communicated what that is. what i do know is there is a lot of talk of a peaceful transition and there is some talk about power-sharing. i can tell you the power sharing...
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tell us about those issues at play. guest: in more normal circumstances when you receive mortgage rates this low, you would probably have many more people in the market. most of us have not seen them in the 4% range in our lifetime. that would normally be a strong factor pushing the housing market forward. the 15-year rate is under 4%. the fact it is holding back the market as far as lending is that underwriting standards are extremely tight. they have been for a couple of years. for those who do not have christine credit, -- christine credit -- pristine credit, it can be very difficult to get a mortgage. if it were typical to six years ago, we can see as much as 60% more sales than we are. host: here is a headline. the long-term effects on credit scores is feared. they tell stories about african-americans hit hard by the subprime bus. here is a chart that shows at the height of the bubble, african-americans were three times more likely than whites to get high rate mortgages. when the bubble burst, they lost a larger pr
tell us about those issues at play. guest: in more normal circumstances when you receive mortgage rates this low, you would probably have many more people in the market. most of us have not seen them in the 4% range in our lifetime. that would normally be a strong factor pushing the housing market forward. the 15-year rate is under 4%. the fact it is holding back the market as far as lending is that underwriting standards are extremely tight. they have been for a couple of years. for those who...
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. >> thank you for having us. >> how did it come about? how did two young guys say here's a business snoo. >> we love glasses. we think they're a great fashion accessory. we couldn't understand why they're so expensive. technology that's been around for 800 years. it didn't make any sense to us that glasses would cost more than an iphone. >> there's no tech breakthrough. >> they're just plastic. i went this past weekend to buy a pair of glasses. i had the frames guys. by the time i got my lenses it came to $542 with $100 off. it doesn't make sense. a little piece of plastic with stuff in it cost this is much. >> you're at wharton business schoolworking together and you think, okay. what do you do with that information? >> we are literally in the computer lab talking and one of our friends had this idea to sell glasses online and the light bulbs went off. we thought this is a powerful idea. prior to business school i had run a nonprofit distributing eyeglasses in a developing world and i knew that it didn't cost that much to manufacture gla
. >> thank you for having us. >> how did it come about? how did two young guys say here's a business snoo. >> we love glasses. we think they're a great fashion accessory. we couldn't understand why they're so expensive. technology that's been around for 800 years. it didn't make any sense to us that glasses would cost more than an iphone. >> there's no tech breakthrough. >> they're just plastic. i went this past weekend to buy a pair of glasses. i had the frames...
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at least they are used to it. the a couple of 30-something showed they had a lot more to give on the court. serena williams won her fifth championship at the all-england club and on the men's side roger federer won a record tying seventh wimbledon title beating andy murray. cnn's becky anderson sat down with federer this morning. did you ask him about murray's tears? >> reporter: i did ask him. i'd be happy to swap with you. it hasn't stopped raining since the middle of may. thankfully they were able to pull the roof over on centre court to finish the match. he is exhausted by elated, that being roger federer, only to match pete sampras. seven wimbledon titles, 17 grand slam titles. that is a record breaking number of majors. now he totally understood that this game was going to be a big one given that the hopes of a british nation were riding on one 25-year-old andy murray. it would have been the first victory for the british man at wimbledon since 1936, 7 years ago fred perry. as you can imagine the cheers from
at least they are used to it. the a couple of 30-something showed they had a lot more to give on the court. serena williams won her fifth championship at the all-england club and on the men's side roger federer won a record tying seventh wimbledon title beating andy murray. cnn's becky anderson sat down with federer this morning. did you ask him about murray's tears? >> reporter: i did ask him. i'd be happy to swap with you. it hasn't stopped raining since the middle of may. thankfully...